Friday Night is Girl Group Music Night

[Cubist]

Hazel O'Connor, Will You?

Sublime sax. The very best ever on a pop song. Nothing comes even close.


View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InQxghlWMWM

Absolutely heart wrenchingly awesome. WTF happened to the rest of her songs?

 

[slowmotion]

Absolutely heart wrenchingly awesome. WTF happened to the rest of her songs?

I honestly do not know, but I saw the film "Breaking Glass" at the beginning of the 80's, and have the soundtrack on vinyl. I dug it out last week and listened. In the film, the sax player is hard of hearing, and wears a hearing aid, if I remember correctly. I do not know who played it, but he was very good. It is a fabulously expressive instrument, especially for conveying regret and sadness... { Pseuds corner... OK }

BTW, an urban myth reports that the sax player on "Baker Street" was a session musician who got a one-off payment of £50.

 

[User169]

BTW, an urban myth reports that the sax player on "Baker Street" was a session musician who got a one-off payment of £50.

27 quid actually - and the cheque bounced!

http://news.scotsman.com/opinion/Stuck-in-a-battle-with.4352529.jp

 

[slowmotion]

27 quid actually - and the cheque bounced!

http://news.scotsman.com/opinion/Stuck-in-a-battle-with.4352529.jp

Thanks for that poptastic piece of rock trivia.

 

[Bromptonaut]

Dutch girl group Pussycat.

I'm sure there was another film with the lead singer in a leather catsuit - maybe that bit was teenage fantasy.


View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfY0yJyTjjE

 

[Bromptonaut]

And on the subject of women in music, did anyone else hear "Women of the New Wave"?

Radio 4 today @ 13:30; seven days to go on the i-player.